Text 29] Questions by Vidura 29

TEXT 28

ahaa fata zat
TIA SMA BAIR ale |
q ofeach = anraaistiay
omy frag aeatizadt cil

kaccid varuthadhipatir yadunam
pradyumna aste sukham anga virah

yam rukmint bhagavato’bhilebhe
aradhya vipran smaram adisarge

kaccit—whether; varutha—military; | adhipatih—commander-in-chief;
yadunam—of the Yadus; pradyumnah—the son of Krsna named
Pradyumna; aste—is; sukham—happy; anga—O Vidura; virah—the great
warrior; yam—whom; rukmini—the wife of Krsna named Rukmini;
bhagavatah—from the Personality of Godhead; abhilebhe—got as a prize;
aradhya—pleasing; vipran—brahmanas; smaram--Cupid (Kamadeva); adi-
sarge—in his previous life.

TRANSLATION

O Uddhava, please tell me how is Pradyumna, the commander-in-chief
of the Yadus, who was Cupid in a former life? Rukmini bore him as her
son from Lord Krsna, by the grace of brahmanas whom she pleased.

PURPORT

According to Srila Jiva Gosvami, Smara (Cupid, or Kamadeva) is one of
the eternal associates of Lord Krsna. Jiva Gosvami has explained this very
elaborately in his treatise Krsna-sandarbha.

TEXT 29

waa = aera sonata
ATURINTARAT: «A ATA |
qaealiaeoITaA aA

aaa RETA RS
